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The Groom is Coming!

7/31/2015

 
The big event is almost here! In just a little over three weeks will be the wedding of our daughter, Katy Ann to Mr. Jonathan Scott! The wedding is Saturday, August 29th at 2 pm in the auditorium at Portland Avenue with reception following in the Connection Center. You are all invited so consider this your official invitation! 

As you might imagine, preparations for the wedding have been going on for some time. The bride has been working on getting everything ready for her groom. She will be radiant and beautiful adorned in white signifying her purity. The groom will stand tall and handsome with an ear-to-ear smile as he sees his bride come down the aisle. It will be a beautiful moment. The two will be joined in marriage through a covenant of lifelong commitment. 

The relationship of the church to Christ is that of a bride and groom. Hear words Paul's words in Ephesians 5:25-27,

"Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her, that he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word, so that he might present the church to himself in splendor, without spot or wrinkle or any such thing, that she might be holy and without blemish."

The church, which is not a building or the institution, but are those called out ones who have pledged themselves by faith and trust to Jesus Christ, should be preparing herself for the coming of her groom, Jesus Christ. The Lord provides everything needed for the church to be prepared and ready for the coming of the groom. He has footed the bill for the wedding through his death on the cross. He has given us the engagement ring of the Holy Spirit to guide us and prepare us for the groom's coming. Are you ready for the great wedding when Jesus, the groom, returns for His Church? To get ready, admit and repent of your sin, put your faith and trust in Jesus Christ alone to save you and forgive you, and confess Jesus to be your Lord and Savior.

The church is living against a cultural and moral backdrop that is blackness for its lack of truth and light. Against this backdrop a holy church will stand out as a beacon of light and hope as we draw attention to our groom, Jesus Christ, who is mighty to save! Portland Avenue, let's be that kind of church in our community!

I Love Our Country...but

7/6/2015

 
     Happy 239th birthday America! I love our country, and I know you do too, but I do not like the direction our country is going. We are well past being a Christian nation. As the writer of Judges says, “Everyone did was right in his own eyes” (Judges 21:25). We are a nation adrift morally. There may be dark days ahead for believers and churches. The press of persecution may fall upon us in ways we have never known. 
     Never has there been a greater need for revival and awakening in our great nation. Never has 2 Chronicles 7:14 been more true and more needed. Read again the conditions for awakening and revival to take place:
  • “if my people who are called by my name humble themselves, and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and heal their land.”
     Revival must begin in the hearts of God’s people. The church must come on bended knee with repentant heart before the Lord. We must seek His face like we have never do so before. God’s promise to us is that He will forgive and heal our land if we turn to Him and seek Him. Would you join me in praying that revival come to your heart and life, and that revival would be experienced by our church. 
     Remember that a single match shines brightest against the blackest of backgrounds. This is the hour for the church to shine by being the salt and light of the world. Sin always produces a crop failure and when people come to the end of themselves in sin, we have the answer to real satisfaction in life and that is Jesus! 
     As the church we must not sink into our corner and sulk, and we neither should we lash out in anger against our perceived enemies. The early church thrived in a culture that was anti-Christian and steeped in sin far more depraved even than ours. We must continue to stand upon the truth of God’s Word. The Bible is our source of authority for faith and practice. 
     In John Bunyan’s classic, Pilgrim’s Progress, the main character Christian and his friend Hopeful must cross a deep river on their journey to the kingdom. The river is deep and, “Christian began to sink, and crying out to his good friend Hopeful, he said, I sink in deep waters; the billows go over my head; all his waves go over me. Selah. Then said the other, Be of good cheer, my brother: I feel the bottom, and it is good.”
     These days may make us feel as believers that the water is over our heads and that we may perish, but I remind you, “I feel the bottom, and it is good.” We stand firm upon the truth of God’s Word. Let your heart be encouraged! The greatest days of the kingdom are ahead!


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    Walter Mullican

    Serious follower of Jesus Chirst, Husband to Kathy, Father, Pastor/ Teacher, Prepare/Enrich Trainer, Life/Relationship Coach, and ESL Teacher

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